The Dade Monument memorialized Major Francis Dade and his troops who were massacred by the Seminole Indians in 1835. One of the earliest memorials at the Academy, this monument was originally located on the plain. Sailboats on the Hudson River are...

In 1801, Mr. George Baron, a civilian mathematics instructor, arrived at West Point by the direction of the Secretary of War. Baron’s mission was to begin classes with the junior officers on post and newly appointed cadets in an effort to start a...

Since the birth of the United States Military Academy in 1802, there has been a growing debate on the primary mission of the Academy. Does the Military Academy exist solely to produce officers capable of performing their war-time mission in the...

Several historical documents state that "conditions" endured during the early phases of the Seminole War caused the resignation of over 100 company-grade officers between March and December of 1836, most of whom were West Point graduates. For...

Previously considered the nation’s leading engineering and military school during the antebellum period, USMA provided the nation with trained graduates, critical to the expansion and security of the country. Through this mission, the Academy...

The present course in gymnasium began to take shape in 1885 with the appointment of Colonel Herman J. Koehler as Master of the Sword. In fact, Colonel Koehler did so much work in this connection that a history of his service is one of the course...

Armistice, German tanks, mechanized infantry, and dive-bombers raced across Poland to start World War II. Between November 1918 and September 1939, the German Army transformed the potential of the tank and the airplane into the realities of modern...

However, in addition to the classroom instruction on engineering topics and disciplines that cadets received from various Academy professors, enlisted engineer soldiers and officers who were assigned to duty at West Point provided instruction and...

The ceremony was both short and emotional. In honor of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., the United States Military Academy (USMA) posthumously dedicated a major cadet training area. On July 6, 1946, Major General Maxwell Taylor...

6 p. ; 32 x 21 cm Officer, Continental Army, lawyer, statesman. Report to the Secretary of War, proposing a basic plan for the organization, administration and curriculum of a national military academy